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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterinary Practices"
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description: "Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 849"
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citation: "Florida HB 849 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-260"
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primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan", "Killebrew"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-12-12"
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last_action: "2024-06-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "9c39dc2be35102aea60f0e8d7c864ffce0b0daa0988566f79e68879c180465dd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 849 (2024) — Veterinary Practices
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Veterinary Practices; Authorizing licensed veterinarians to practice veterinary telehealth in accordance with specified criteria; specifying the powers of the Board of Veterinary Medicine related to the practice of telehealth; providing that the practice of veterinary medicine is deemed to occur under specified circumstances; specifying the drugs that a veterinarian practicing telehealth may not provide unless specified conditions are met; providing specific authorizations for cases in which the patient is a food-producing species, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-260.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 849 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 849 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/e1/PDF)
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3. **H 849 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/849/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Buchanan — primary (person)
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- Killebrew — primary (person)
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- Arrington — cosponsor (person)
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- Casello — cosponsor (person)
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- Cross — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- LaMarca — cosponsor (person)
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- Massullo — cosponsor (person)
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- McClain — cosponsor (person)
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- Plasencia — cosponsor (person)
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- Valdés — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-12-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-12-27** Referred to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-27** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-12-27** Now in Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-09** Added to Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee agenda
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-11** Favorable by Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-11** Reported out of Regulatory Reform & Economic Development Subcommittee
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- **2024-01-11** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2024-01-19** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2024-01-23** Favorable by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-24** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2024-01-24** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2024-01-24** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-01-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/1/2024)
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- **2024-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** Passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-01** In Messages
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- **2024-02-02** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-04** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2024-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-03-04** Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 1040
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- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Amendment(s) adopted (171140)
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- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** In Messages
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- **2024-03-06** Added to Senate Message List
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- **2024-03-06** Amendment 171140 Concur
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- **2024-03-06** Passed as amended; YEAS 113, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-06-07** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-06-24** Chapter No. 2024-260
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b654447-3d0f-4c75-973c-abf55f97a319`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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